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Taking The internet forward

Monday, 7 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

Exactly 10 years ago the first internet-service-provider, or ISP, licences were granted in Malta. At the time, the internet was a new and exciting innovation dubbed as the “information super highway”. ...

Better But needs fine-tuning

Monday, 7 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

If you exclude those in this country who speculate on property for a living (and some of their hangers-on), the budget measures on property should generally be better for most of us....

Fact And fiction

Sunday, 6 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

At all times and in every country, budget time presents opportunities for political tightrope walkers and prestidigitators, who try all sorts of tricks to mesmerise their audiences. Some manage to steal the show....

A Thumbs-up for the honest

Sunday, 6 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

The reforms presented in this Budget in the area of property taxation will go a long way towards appeasing the anger that has been brewing, not only about inheritance tax but also about the way the capital gains ...

You’ve Got mail

Sunday, 6 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

HiKerala is sometimes called the “Venice of Asia”. This is due to its vast network of lagoons, lakes, rivers and canals, an aerial view of which resembles our bizilla lace. ...

A Budget for the euro

Sunday, 6 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

Putting our national finances in order is never a bad idea and everyone should welcome such an initiative. We all know that if we carry on with irresponsible and uncontrolled spending, as has been the case under ...

In Defence of the recommendations on IVF

Sunday, 6 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 12 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Independent on Sunday of last week reports that during her presentation at a public forum entitled Women and Fertility organised by the Malta Confederation of Women’s Organisations...

Change Has empowered the young

Saturday, 5 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 20 years ago Malta Independent

We live in a world of change so fast that the younger generation is hard put to it to keep up with its tempo – which explains why the latter-day young electorate has its eyes fixed on the present and the future....

Seventy-six And fifty-five

Friday, 4 November 2005, 00:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

The figures 76 and 55 are not bingo numbers, but rather two bottom line figures, of the state of Malta’s commercial affairs in this year and the projection for 2006....

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